Store-front construction



March 10, 1931. F. HIMMEL ETAL' 1,795,429

STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed May 24,. 1929 Patented Mar. 10, 1931UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRED HIIMMEL AND ISIDORE HIMMEL, OF NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE HIMMEL BROTHERS 00., OF NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION STORE-FRONT CONSTRUCTION Application filedMay 24, 1929. Serial No. 365,607.

This invention relates to improvement in store-front construction.Store-front construction-strips are generally provided with openings forthe escape of water which en- 5 ters between the strips through holesformed in the upper part of the inner strip, but in dry windy weathermore or less dust enters these openings and blows into the show-window,injuring or marring the appearance of 1 goods in the window, especiallyif they be of white or lightly-tinted fabrics.

The object of this invention is to provide baffles for these openings bywhich the currents of air will be broken up so as not to 15 drive intothe inside of the window and avoid the use of slides or other means inthe inner strip, and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a section of store-front constructionembodying our invention;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a section of the outer strip and Fig. 3 is asectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out our invention, we employ an inner strip 5 and an outerstrip 6 formed 30 of sheet metal and of any approved construction, andbetween the edges of which a sheet of glass 7 is mounted. The outerstrip 6 is formed along its lower edge with pairs of openings 8 and 9and these openings are formed by striking the metal inward from theadjacent edges of the openingsforming baflies 10 and 11 projecting inopposite directions. The flange 12 of the inner strip 5 is also formedwith corresponding openings above described, and through which moistureon the inside of the glass may escape.

13 and 14: formed with baflies 15 and 16, as

the inner strip provide additional protection. We claim: Inner and outerstrips for store-front construction, each strip formed with a series ofopenings arranged in pairs and integral baffies extending inward fromeach opening, the baffles of each pair of openings extending inward inopposite directions.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification.

FRED HIMMEL. ISIDORE HIMMEL.

